Nostalgia in “Where I Come from”

Where I Come From is a poem in which Elizabeth Brewster expresses her nostalgic emotions and hunger for the tranquility and yearning for the temperament of her hometown. The vivid imagery, which stimulates the readers backbones plays an important role in intensifying the vehemence of her emotions. Brewster also expresses her nostalgia in a way that makes readers empathic with her hefty yearning. The lack of rhyming scheme in this piece conveys a sense of erraticness and uniqueness. People are make of places, she says, which I believe specifically meaner that people re made of places that they go away to, that people do not carry with them hints of manmade cities and skyscrapers because they do not belong there, but they belong in the Jungles and mountains as mankind itself is a piece of nature. Furthermore, Brewster uses people as a metaphor for herself, frankincense being the reason for her intense yearning. Smell of smog in the fourth line radiates a strong imagery of the blu rry matter, blinding people from the pathway of their goals.Therefore, the phrase represents Brewster melancholy and strong sense of uncertainty. Her definition of the scent f spring as the almost-not-smell of tulips conveys a sense of disappointment as not flush a single whole thing of nature remains in the synthetic world of the redbrick age. Brewster then mentions the scent of museums, the scent of old, once-functional items that are kept only for the sake of history. This serves as a median(a) to further convey her nostalgia.She then mentions the scent of work, glue factories, chromium-plated offices, and subways. Her choice of mentioning only the dullest and most mundane scents of the present-day(a) realm depicts her dissatisfaction tit it, in comparison to what her old settlement had to offer. Burned-out, old, and battered, she describes her hometown, that she still yearns for it. From this, it is concluded that it is not the quality of the items she seeks, but the tranq uility and beauty.Brewster included the very fragrant and soothe scent of pine woods and blueberry, further strengthening the former point. With yards where hens and chickens circle about, she says. The image of the jaunty animals provides an aura of mirthful glee, which is precisely what she experiences while being in the less hectic environment. She also verbalise that the hens and chickens are clucking aimlessly, depicting a sense of insouciance. Therefore, her wistfulness is caused by her longing for the blithe and airy nature of her hometown. Spring and winter are the minds chief seasons in this line, Brewster has started to tolerate with the circumstance she is place in in that present and that the benefit in simply yearning is nonexistent. Ice and the breaking of ice symbolisms her adamantly of belong in a place of nature, as it starts to fade, thus exposing herself Brewster then allows the door to her memories to blow open and let the frosty mind that is her haunting memo ries to be blown and fade away.Her description of her memories as frosty depicts her realization and awareness of how her nostalgia has turned her into an aloof person whose gaze illustrates none but melancholy. In conclusion, this poem is the yarn of Elizabeth Brewster momentary misery and despair due to her nostalgia, which she overcomes as she realizes that the past is not all there is, which is the fickle element of the poem. Therefore, this poem is not a mere chronicle, but Brewster message of counsel too.